Paullow

Annoying, but I wasn't expecting to still be in the hat. I guess we'll see how the league / CL form is at the time in terms of picking the team. Still pretty early on in the competition.

Unless Dummett gets 'injured' in the warm up and it was just a front.

Dummett spoils it, and ultimately makes it much tougher to progress, but along the lines of what I would have picked. Joelinton back so soon is a boost, but just hope it's not too soon.

Good stuff.

It's probably the first match since Sheff Wed where I'm not too fussed of the result. I'll be looking forward to watching it, hoping to see some newer / less familiar faces involved, and obviously would like to see us win and play well, but I'll definitely be more relaxed watching it, and much less pressure than usual. As Craig Hope said on his recent video, it kind of is win-win. If we win then we will have had a bit of a scalp and a big favourite would have been knocked out, but if we don't then we can concentrate on elsewhere including two massive matches at SJP in the next 7 days I guess Chelsea away would have been similar on the final day.

Yeah, the only ones that haven't been are Brentford (A), Southampton (H), and Chelsea (A), all in the league last season. We've always had a reasonable amount of games on TV, even when finishing 13th was 'magnificent', and more than we should for a bang average bottom half side due to the domestic fan base and profile, but it is getting to the stage now when it feels strange if we are not selected, ha.

Tonight is our 34th match of 2023 in all competitions, amazingly 31 of them have been televised.

It's annoying, and may have been picked anyway for guaranteed ratings with it involving Man Utd, but both Brighton and Chelsea played on Sunday (due to Europe), so it would have been our match tomorrow that it was competing with. I guess they could maybe have had one match on Weds and another on Thurs, but then it gets more complicated.

At least Palace can bring the 8 changes back in for the league match between the two sides on Saturday and really try and push for 11th this season rather than the usual 12th or 13th.

I would hope for something along these lines, although probably one of Burn, Botman, or Lascelles instead of Dummett, because the latter's inclusion will almost be like conceding the game, when combined with a generally lesser other starting 10. Edit - Schaar.

94th minute equaliser for Huddersfield. Probably deserved overall, but didn't see it coming.

Huddersfield playing better this half (couldn't have been much worse, 0.06 XG at half time), but still 1-0 to Coventry. I can't understand getting rid of Warnock who was doing well and had just agreed a one year extension, only to bring in Darren Moore. Had it have been some innovative little known Bundesliga 2 or Serie B type up and comer then you could have understood them looking longer term, but this seems a backwards step.

Cracking initial strike by Ellis Simms mind. The enemy of my enemy...

I'm surprisingly not too fussed about this match. With Tottenham out, one of Chelsea (I know) or Brighton going the same way, and a few other all PL matches, there could be a bit of an opportunity should we win, and it's perhaps not quite as daunting as when the teams first came out of the hat and possibly the best chance to play Man City, early on, at home, and they have a few players out, but it's obviously still a really, really tough match, and if we do get through then it's still just the last 16 and a long way to go. We'll be in the League Cup next season, and the season after that (but not guaranteed to be in Europe), and I'd personally rather prioritise the league, and particularly the CL, so I'd far rather big changes happened here than against Burnley on Saturday, which IMO is the bigger match at this stage.

Yeah, that will likely be it, I guess somewhat combined with the WSL. I know very little about golf, but just saw that the outright odds were very close and almost 50/50, so Sky will at least hope that it goes down to the wire. Forest vs Brentford at 2pm isn't exactly a ratings winner for masses, and they'll save their quota of the 'big 6', Newcastle, Villa, and a lesser extent Everton, when there's less sporting alternatives.

I was wondering that as well when Dave Jones mentioned on Sky yesterday. Thought there might have been a big sporting event on or something, but the only thing I can think of is it's the first weekend of the WSL season and they might want as many eyes on that, which isn't great for the average viewer because 4.30pm is usually considered the plumb spot and most big (non derby matches) will be on at that time. Chelsea vs Tottenham women starts at 5.30pm on SS Main Event.

Bit of a shame for them, because other than Vasas, Sporting CP, Swansea, Wrexham, and one League Cup match against Newport, they don't get to play non English teams in competitive matches very often, so these matches against the likes of Cardiff will naturally have a much bigger feel to them.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/ewigeTabelle/pokalwettbewerb/GB1 We've been close for a while, but we finally now have a positive GD in the all time Premier League table. From -4 to +4 in one day. Crystal Palace one point away from knocking Sunderland in to 18th.

On MOTD2 tonight. Good to see him get a lot of gigs these days, Sky, TNT, now BBC.

Big Jos on for Real Madrid in the derby. PSG 3-0 up on Marseille.

Really impressed with Jones. Not sure of his upbringing etc. and if he is proper Sunderland through and through (I know he was on their board at one point), but you couldn't tell he was a Sunderland fan. It must be so hard when we're beating Spurs 6-1, 8-0 today, clinching Champions League spots, and he has sit there and to be so professional

Not sure if it's been posted earlier, but this is brilliant.

Can only remember one other 8-0 win for Newcastle, Bobby Robson's first home game in charge against Sheff Wed in 1999. 19th September, so almost 24 years to the day.

Would be deemed a world beater if he looked like a young David Beckham.

Doubt this will stand.